सीमा पार से चल रहे तस्करी मॉड्यूल से जुड़े दो व्यक्ति 6 आधुनिक पिस्तौल…

Information and Public
Relations Department, Punjab

*TWO LINKED TO
CROSS-BORDER SMUGGLING MODULE HELD WITH 6 SOPHISTICATED PISTOLS, 1KG HEROIN,
₹10K DRUG MONEY*

*— ACCUSED WERE IN DIRECT
CONTACT WITH A FOREIGN-BASED HANDLER: DGP GAURAV YADAV*

*— ARRESTED ACCUSED JOGA
SINGH HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY DATING BACK TO 2002: CP ASR GURPREET BHULLAR*

CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, July 23:

          In
a major breakthrough amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure
state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Amritsar
Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border illegal arms and narcotics
smuggling module with the arrest of two individuals and recovered six
sophisticated pistols, 1 kg heroin, 1 kg opium, and ₹10,000 drug money from
their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav
here on Thursday.

           Those arrested have been identified as Joga
Singh (45), a resident of village Dall in Tarn Taran and Manpreet Singh (28), a
resident of village Kali in Tarn Taran. The recovered pistols include two .30
bore X-Shot, two .30 (Made in China), one .30 bore Türkiye Zigana and one .30
bore PX5 Storm. Police teams have also impounded their motorcycle being used
for smuggling activities.

          DGP
Gaurav Yadav said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused
were in direct contact with a foreign-based handler, who facilitated the
smuggling of illegal weapons and narcotics across the International Border for
further distribution to criminal elements. Further investigation is underway to
establish the forward and backward linkages of the network to identify all
associates connected with the foreign-based handlers, he said.

          Sharing
operational details, Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh
Bhullar said that acting on reliable intelligence, police teams first arrested
accused Joga Singh and recovered four illegal .30 bore pistols from his
possession. During sustained interrogation, police further recovered two more
.30 bore pistols on the basis of his disclosure statement, he said.

          In
a follow-up operation, the CP Police teams also arrested accused Manpreet Singh
and recovered 1 kg heroin from his possession, while, 1 kg opium and ₹10,000
drug money was recovered later on the basis of his disclosure statement.

          He
said that further investigation has revealed that accused Joga Singh was
running an illegal arms supply network, whereas, accused Manpreet Singh was
operating a cross-border drug smuggling module at the behest of common
foreign-based handler. Accused Joga Singh is a habitual offender with 21
criminal cases— pertaining to Murder, the Arms Act, the NDPS Act, Theft,
Dacoity and Robbery— already registered against him across Tarn Taran, Amritsar
Rural, Kapurthala and Ludhiana Rural.

          Accused
Joga Singh has a long criminal history dating back to 2002, when his first case
under the Arms Act was registered against him. Among the previous cases
registered against accused Joga Singh is FIR No. 23 of 2019, Police Station
Khalra, Tarn Taran, relating to an incident in which he, along with his
associate, attempted to retrieve a cross-border drug consignment from across
the River Ravi. During the operation, his associate drowned while attempting to
cross the river and succumbed to the incident.

          In
this regard, two separate cases— FIR No. 162 dated 17.07.2026 under section
25(8) of the Arms Act at Police Station Chheharta and FIR No. 126 dated
17.07.2026 under sections 21 and 21-C of the NDPS Act at Police Station
Cantonment— have been registered.

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